Blandine Stefanson taught French literature and cinema at the University of Adelaide until 2002 and is now researching postcolonial cultures in West Africa and New Caledonia. She contributed book chapters and journal articles on postcolonial literatures and/or cinema in Australian Journal of French Studies, Essays in French Literature, Etudes Francophones, Africultures, Dialogues et Cultures. She coordinated Littérature de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Notre Librairie 134) and co-edited Les historiens africains et la mondialisation/African Historians and Globalization. She was Guest Editor for volume 1 of Journal of African Cinemas (Issues 1 & 2) and is now co-editor of Directory of World Cinema: Africa (Intellect Books).